Climate Change
New Tool Helps Predict Where Wildfire Smoke Will Blow
Scientists are working on ways to better anticipate the pathways—and health dangers—of drifting wildfire smoke
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Pollution
Cheap New Method Breaks Down ‘Forever Chemicals’
A new technique destroys persistent PFAS without requiring high pressures and temperatures
Public Health
Monkeypox Is a Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Knowing That Can Help Protect People
In the U.S., Black and Latino men who have sex with men are most vulnerable to monkeypox
Public Health
Nuclear War Could Spark Global Famine
Smoke from burning cities would engulf Earth after a nuclear war, causing worldwide crop failures and starvation, models show
Public Health
Monkeypox Explained: Transmission, Symptoms, Vaccines and Treatment
Frequently asked questions about how monkeypox spreads, who’s most at risk, and what vaccines and treatments are available
Public Health
Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues
Industry-related groups say plastic is a safe material to replace lead pipes, but some researchers and health advocates are not so sure
Climate Change
How to Recognize Heat Illness and Stay Cool during Extreme Weather
Scientists and medical experts weigh in on how to recognize the signs of heat-related illness and avoid the worst health impacts from increasingly intense heat waves
Epidemiology
What Is the New Langya Virus, and Should We Be Worried?
The Langya virus, which is related to the Nipah and Hendra viruses, has infected at least 35 people in China in the two years before 2021
Public Health
6 Questions about Monkeypox Vaccines
A virologist explains how they work, who can get them and how well they prevent infection
Public Health
The Monkeypox Outbreak
What the virus is, how it spreads, and how it is being handled: here’s what you need to know about monkeypox
Weather
Heat Waves Affect Children More Severely
Children “are not little adults”—they have more trouble regulating temperature than adults do
Public Health
The New Normal for COVID Calls for a New Narrative
We’ve swung between fear and denial for too long and need to talk about this disease from a different perspective
Public Health
What Could Actually Work to Curb Gun Violence
Evidence-based solutions to firearm safety range from banning assault weapons to increasing green spaces
Climate Change
‘Zoe’ Becomes the World’s First Named Heat Wave
Blistering temperatures were ranked as a Category 3—the most severe tier—in Seville, Spain’s new heat wave system
Public Health
Graphic: Many States That Restrict or Ban Abortion Don’t Teach Kids about Sex and Pregnancy
States that protect abortion rights tend to have more comprehensive sex ed policies
Climate Change
Extreme Heat Breaks Daily Records across the Northeast
Tens of millions of Americans sweltered under heat advisories over the weekend
Public Health
What Are the Risks of COVID and Treatments Available to President Biden?
An infectious disease doctor explains what Biden’s medical team will be doing to treat the president’s case of COVID
Public Health
COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain
Nanotubes may provide a cunning answer to the mystery of how the virus that causes COVID infects neurons and produces long-lasting neurological symptoms
Climate Change
Risk of Dangerous Heat Exposure Is Growing Quickly in Cities
Population growth, climate change and the urban heat island effect are combining to put more people at risk
Climate Change
Heat and Humidity Are Already Reaching the Limits of Human Tolerance
Events with extreme temperatures and humidity are occurring twice as often now as they were 40 years ago
